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When Crime Pays

Florida: Judge, wife benefit from frail seniors’ money, Part 1

January 14, 2016

The first in a series of articles from Florida’s Palm Beach Post, written by John Pacenti, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer, and produced by Kristyn Wellesley and Gurman Bhatia The savings of incapacitated seniors flow into the household of Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Martin Colin. This occurs courtesy of Colin’s wife — Elizabeth “Betsy” Savitt. She serves as a professional guardian, appointed by judges to make decisions for adults who no longer can take care of themselves. Savitt [- more...]

The anguish and pain of another highly abusive Guardianship in Florida

December 7, 2015

As told by  an AAAPG member. Heartbreaking. Put this story in front of every one you know to warn of the horrors of guardianship. Send it to every media you can find. If you don’t who will? I don’t remember if I told you and the group that my beloved mother passed away 2 weeks ago, on Saturday night, November 21, 2015. If you remember, she he had suffered from a broken pelvis and L-5 in her lumbar, while in the clutches of the guardian and under the “care” of a 24/7 [- more...]

Video: Bev Newman on ABC Action News

October 26, 2015

AAAPG member Beverly Newman on ABC Action news in Tampa Florida, discussing her father, Al Katz, the abusive guardianship to which he was subjected by court-order, and how that lead Katz’ daughter Beverly Newman, to found the non-profit Al Katz Center, dedicated to helping victims of court-ordered guardianship regain their civil and constitutional [- more...]

NYTimes Op-Ed: When Crime Pays

September 17, 2015

From the New York Times’ Op-Ed columnist Nicholas Kristoff comes this cautionary tale of what happens “When we allow businesses to profit from crimes, we all lose.”  Think about what this would mean if similar standards were applied to abusive guardianships, like that of former Florida Judge Claflin Garst Jr. Risperdal is a billion-dollar antipsychotic medicine with real benefits — and a few unfortunate side effects. It can cause strokes among the elderly. And it can cause [- more...]
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